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Microsoft starts lay-offs with 2,100 employees
2014-09-19 09:33:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Microsoft said it was laying off 2,100 workers, as part of its previously announced plan to cut 18,000 jobs, streamline its workforce and integrate the acquisition of Nokia's handset unit, the Seattle Times reported. The job reductions will take place across the company in various divisions although most of the total cuts were set to take place among former Nokia positions. In the Puget Sound region, where Microsoft is based, 747 jobs are being eliminated. The separation date for those losing their jobs locally will begin on 17 Novermber, according to the state Employment Security Department. Microsoft will close its Silicon Valley research lab and break up its Trustworthy Computing group, which works on cybersecurity and privacy issues. The company is also cutting contractors.
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Microsoft Cuts 2,100 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
2014-09-18 22:37:16| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The reductions are taking place across a variety of teams, though there are few specifics.
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BP Alaska plans layoffs following Hilcorp sale
2014-09-16 09:55:38| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
BP Alaska, a major player in the state's oil industry, on Monday announced plans to lay off 275 employees and direct contractors early next year. BP's business in Alaska will be smaller because of the previously announced sale of its interests in four North Slope oil fields to Hilcorp, spokeswoman Dawn Patience said.
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Corning Inc. asks for voluntary layoffs at Canton plant
2014-09-11 17:22:42| Electronics - Topix.net
Corning Inc. is asking 10 percent of its hourly union workers to take temporary layoffs this fall because demand has slowed for some products made at the Canton plant. A notice posted at the plant Tuesday came less than three weeks after the company broke ground on a $21 million expansion project that is supposed to create 40 permanent jobs.
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Despite challenges and looming layoffs, school's back
2014-09-09 01:40:14| Electronics - Topix.net
After a summer of financial and political turmoil for Philadelphia schools, 130,000 children returned to the classroom Monday to begin a school year that opened amid looming layoffs and the threat of severe budget cuts. "This school year, like last school year, will be a challenge," Mayor Nutter told students at Learning in New Contexts, a new high school in North Philadelphia.
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